AT SPUYTEN DUYVIL:Cantillon Vigneronne Lambic: “This goes great with olives.”Atwater Blockfest: “Oktoberfest is a great time of year.”

AT ROCKY SULLIVAN’S:Guinness Stout: “When an Irishman refers to ‘a proper pint,’ they’re probably talking about Guinness.”Powers Gold Label whiskey: “Very similar to Jameson.”Guinness Stout: “The only way to appreciate a Guinness is to drink one pulled from the tap.”Guinness Stout: “Unless you happen to live in Dublin, however, you’re not going to find a proper pint.”Guinness Stout: “You may think you’re drinking the real Guinness, but in the eyes of many Irish beer snobs, their sacred stout loses quality the farther away you get from the old brewery at St. James’s Gate.”Guinness Stout: Wendt once had a proper pint in a Belfast pub. “I bragged about the experience to some of my Irish friends. They weren’t exactly impressed. ‘In Belfast, you say? That’s not a proper pint.’”Guinness Stout: “When I [finally visited Dublin], I went straight for the teat, pulling a draft off a keg inside the [Guinness] brewery’s company store. I also bought a postcard for my Irish friends, inscribing it with the words, ‘This proper enough for you?’ ”